Eric Schultz1d ago

A small set of people are merging changes to various Linux components to make sure every application knows your birth date.

This is being done rapidly by people with questionable justifications and being merged with no youth and few marginalized people involved.

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/accountsservice/accountsservice/-/merge_requests/176#0b07c0cc4d49be119f65cdb2037440f56eed647a

user: Add BirthDate with polkit-gated GetBirthDate and SetBirthDate methods (!176) · Merge requests · accountsservice / accountsservice · GitLab

Summary Add a BirthDate field to the user account interface. For non-homed users, the value is stored...

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Show threadSpirit

RE: https://social.treehouse.systems/@wwahammy/116264430375745593

@wwahammy the possibility of a free Internet is gone unless we start punishing these people.

Mar 21 at 1:47amWeb
Show threadLisPi1d ago
@Spirit @wwahammy Dylan sure glows
Show threadEric Schultz1d ago
@lispi314 @Spirit I'm not sure I understand what you mean
Show threadLisPi1d ago
@wwahammy @Spirit That I'm accusing him of being part of a conspiracy with state surveillance?

Fed or friend of feds.
Show threadEric Schultz1d ago
@lispi314 @Spirit I honestly doubt he is. I think he genuinely thinks he's protecting FOSS from being destroyed. He just doesn't see that he's doing just that.